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Wichita eagle., 1887-04-13

Usage Mission, Neosho county citizens
have organized company with $4,000
capital with view of prospecting for coal,
gas or other valuable subterranean sub
stances A charter has been granted and
work will begin as soon as the necessary
arrangements can be made A hole will
be bored not less than 900 feet deep.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-13

The Cleveland administrator has gone
back on itself and Coal Oil-Johny Whi,ney
has decided 10 push the vessels begun by
John Roach 10 completion and upon the
original contracts nladc by Roach. John
Rosch is dead but millions Of people have
net forgotten who killed him They have
vindicat.d his honor and name but thew
cannot give tack the grand old msn's life
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-13

The Cspiial suggests that in cesrtain
evc2ts the government might make some
investments in Wichita. The soverrmen,
Is doing just thst thing to TIE tune of q
hundred thousand dollars or 50.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
A Broken Wedding Ring.

An instance may be cited as showing
the degree of sensitiveness in some per-
sons, the truthfulness of which is vouched
for by friends and relatives of the
lady in this city.
A gentleman residing near Youngs-
town, Ohio, enlisted in the summer of
1859 and joined the army in Kentucky.
On the afternoon of October 9th his wife
became deeply impressed with a feeling
that something serious had happened.
She resorted to all means at hand to
allay her unusual nervousness, but with
out avail, and as the evening wore away
she grew worse and worse until she be-
came almost frantic. Neighbors did all
they could to calm her, but to no pull
pose. During the night she lay down,
and after a time fell into a dose, from
which she was awakened by a sharp
snap, apparently caused by the breaking
Of her wedding-ring. and the next day
she learned that her husband had died,
at the exact moment of her awakening,
from wounds received during tho after.
noon.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Plain Sam,

When Nlr. Fcssenden was stamping
Connecticut it annoyed him excessively
to be introduced to his hearers as the
honorable or the distinguished, or by
any other ennobling title. He deter.
mined to put a stop to it, and therefore
asked the chairman OF tho town com.
mittc of Barkhamstead simply to intro.
ducc him as plain Sam Fesscnden OF
Stamford. The chairman was an uni
imaginative mattcr-of-f fact man. He took
Mr.. Fesscndcn at his word and intro
duccd him thus: "Ladics and gentle
men, 1 have the high honor of introduce
ing to you Plain Sam Fessenden of
Stamford" Dir. Fessendcn asserts that
it is more necessary to be careful with a
matter-o:-fact man than one would sur.
pose who had not dealt with such.-Neu
York Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
A Corean DWarf

We see by the Stunpao hat there is a
Corean dwarf measuring two feet and a
half in height. His head is one foot
long, his body is about the same length,
and his legs measure five inches only.
The length of his feet ia over a foot, and
he is obliged to crawl in and out of his
house. This Corean dwarf is ~ years
OF age, and Is a far moro wonderful
creature than Tom Thumb. We should
think that it might be a valuable invest
ment for Chiarinl's circus to be in pos
session of such a phenomcnon.-Ctesti
Empire (ShanghaO.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
The Nearest Star TO the Earth

Alpha Ccntaurii, the leading star in
the constellation of the Ccntaur, is the
nearest star on the earth, so far as
known. Its distance is usually placed at
from 90, 600, 600, 900, 900 to 90, 600, ooo,-
900, 600 miles from the earth. A star
called Sixty-on Cygni is classed as Sec
ond in distance, being put at 81, $780,
900, 600, 600 miles distance from our
globe. Most of the stals, however, are
millions of times further away from us
thar these. Light travels about 1876, 600
miles in every second of time, and yet
with this inconceivably rapid velocity It
would take light about twelve years to
traverse the space separating us from
that star. From the greater portion of
the stars light would be many centuries
in reaching .--GlO6e-D Democrat.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
LADIES'
Vlonna Girls.

The system carried cut in Vienna for
educating girls is entirely worthy of
note, says the Buffalo Carrier. They
are kept at their studies until they are
fifteen years of age. Then they go
through a course Of teaching in the
pantry and the Kitchen, under some
member of the family, sometimes under
trained cooks, for a year or two years.
Thus they learn to do everything them
selves, and to know the value of thing,
long before they commence housekeeping
on their own account; and though they
may never be required to cook dinner,
they become independent of cooks and
servants. The Austrian women are
most affcctionatc wives and mothers.
They arc as accomplished us any English
govcrncss, arc rs witty in society us II
Par;siar, and arc among the most beau
tiful womcn in Europe.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
He Knew His Duty.

This story brings to mind one that is
told OF a Confederate guard who was
once on duty over in South Carolina. An
officer was discussing war matters, and
remarked:
"You know your duty here, do YOU
s~entinel"
eyes, SIR"
"Well, now, suppose they should open
on you with she'll and musketry, what
would you do7"
'Form a line, SIR"
"Whatl n man form line7"
eyes, sir; form a bee line for camp,
Sir. "-Auantd Constitution.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Not Asking a Great Deal.

81 am afraid, Bobby" said his mother,
''that when I tell your papa what q
naughty boy you've been to-day he will
punish you severely"
"Havc you got to tell him2" asked
Bobby, anxiously.
ooh, yes; I shall tell him Immediately
after dinner"
(The look of concern upon Bobby's
face d%eepcned, until a bright thought
struck him.)
"Well, ma" he said, 'tgive him a
better dinner than usual. You might
do that much for me.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
C%HILDREN'S COLUMN.
How Mat

u IuR
How big, how big is the little lass1
Stand her up here near the window glass,
With her golden wig
And merry's a grig.
"a grig is a cricket in the grass;
Stand her up here aud let us see
How tall may the little maide bo.
Who would suppose she would outgrow
Dresses and Stockings and aprons sol
Not only outgrows
Her pretty clothes.
But to make herself tall would staud tiptoes;
Now measured! See, my rule 1 lay
On the silk locks, floating every way.
She is just the height that 8 best Of all
Neither to tiny nor too tall,
Largo enough quite
To be polite.
A fair sweet lady, though, oh, so small;
10 small, such a mere little child, she may
Be household baby for many a day.
Clara Doty Bates.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Queen Victoria and Opals.

Queen Victoria has made the opal
fashionable again. All the gifts of jewel
~ that she has bestowed among her
friends for the past year have been opals.
Sometimes they have been set alone,
sometimes set with diamonds; but in
every instance they nave been there.
The queen has always had a pcnchant
for these alleged unlucky stones. She
has insisted that they brought no more
bad luck to those wearing them than
any other jewels, and she has long tried
to allay that superstition. Her rather
profuse distribution of these stones
among her friends, it is said, had for its
object the doing away with the supersti-
ton altogether.
The queens w jewelcr naturally
took the hint, and the other jewellers,
who were not the queens own, but who
were moro than willing to be, were not
slow in preceiving that there was a ready
sale for the very gems that had been
heretofore looked upon with suspicion.
So they made up into rings, pins, and
in other ways all they had in stock, and
sent out for more. Thus it wasn't very
long before every blooded English lady
and gentleman who wore jewelry at all
sported many and beautiful opals.-N Y.
Sun.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Fat Brides of VI orOcco.

Marriage is said to BE- a serious matter
even In Europe, but here in Morocco the
courage of the ladies, Arab or Jcwcss,
who embark in it, is worthy of all admi-
ration. Estheticaily, the taste Of the
country leans f the context permits Of
such n verb) toward ebonpoint; consi-
qucntly a process, closely analogous to
that practiscd upon turkeys before
Christmas time, has to be gone through
by a b ide-clcct conscious of insufficient
amplitude Of charms. I do not know
that there is any point, if again such a
word is applicable on such Il subject, 1T
which q j ,ose tissue ceases to be admir-
able fat, fatter and fa ttest seems but
synonymous with fair, fairer and falrest I;
i.nl so ladies of a very positive stout
ness seek, by swallowing morn guam
titles Of pellets of kneaded bread, to at
tain comparative and even supcrlative
d~esirablcncss. 1t is extraordinary, l am
told, how mnch ladies burning with the
Iaudable desire to please their future
husbands can manage to cram in this
way, and with excellent effect; for they
become beautifully broad and doughty.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11

Everything in life has a right and q
wrong side. You may take any Joy, and
by turning it around find troubles on the
other side; or you can find tho greatest
trouble and, by turning it around, find
joys on the other side. The gloomiest
mountain never casts a shadow on both
sides ut once.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
-ater over it, so as harden it quickly ana

PhSNSuI ostAhihS Auto tuo OOdruS.
If this %prccaution has been neglected
and you have faithfully secured up q
large grease spot one morning, only; to
behold it %grinning up at you tho next, it
will give way to soap rubbed in with a
chain dish-rag. If your hands arc ten
der u few folds of old cloth placed be-
tween chain and hands will protect
them.
Recipes
Drowned CRACKERS. Dissolve an
even tablespoonful Of salt in a pint Of
cold water, split some hard crackers, dip
the halves one by one in the salt water,
butter them and place in tho oven to
crisp. Eat hot for tea.
GRAPE PIE. Pop the pulps out OF
the skins into one vessel and put the
skins into another. Then simmer the
pulp a little and run it through a colan-
der to separate the seeds. Next put the
skins and pulp together and they are
ready for Juggling, or for pies. Pies pre-.
pared in this way are nearly as good as
plum pic, and that is very good.
LEMON PUDDING. Take the yolks Of
Six eggs we'll beaten, with n quarter of a
pound of sugar; take quarter of a
pound Of butter melted in as little water
as possible; keep stirring it till cold;
then mix all together with the juice OF
two lemons and the grated peel. Cover
the dish with a thin puff paste, pour
in the mixture, and bake it for half An
hour.
FRESH VEGETABLES SALTED Down.
Sweet corn can be sailed in brine for
winter use, first boiling AMI skimmins
the brine and then immcrsing the corr
in it after it is cold; a flat stone should
be used to keep the corn under the brine,
and before it is used it should be fresh
cned to a palatablc degree by soaking in
fresh water; the brine should contain all
the salt It will absorb. Stringbcans S, as.
paragus and eggplant may be similarly
kept in brine for winter use.
EXCELLENT GRAVY. The Caterer gives
this excellent recipe for gravy a la min
ute with beef extract: Cut up an onion
and carrot and brown them lightly in a
little butter. Then take half q pint OF
boiling water, and having dissolved in it
a half tcaspoonful of beef extract, pour
over the minced carrot and onion. When
all have boiled for ten minutes flavor
with mushroom or walnut catsup, and
when skinned and drained the gravy is
ready for serving.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Female Farmers.

Land is cheap in Georgia and crops
reasonably certain when labor is given
for it. Why should not our young
Georgia women turn away from the
cities and clerking, and teaching ut $50
a month, and seek the free, open and
healthy life of the farmer7 Land, we
say, is cheap, and can be obtained in
less time and with half tho trouble that
town positions can; and We venture the
assertion that no woman who has ever
tried a year in the country will want to
come back to teach in school-rooms or
clerk in stores. We do not mean to say
that all womcn can make a success of
farming. ~ no means. But we believe
that any woman of industrious habits
and possessing tho housekeeping in
stinct can make money upon the farm.
Indeed, we know now of many who live
comfortably in the country, manage their
own labor, make good crops, and with
their diaries, poultry yards, orchards
and garden secure not only q living, but
lay up money. Business men who deal
with these women will bear witness to
the fact that they pay promptly and buy
close. This is by way of suggestion
only. The idea must be applied by those
interested. Would it not be a novel
sight if some day Bibb County should
have in her borders q colony of refined
female farmers supplying the city with
milk, butter, eggs, vegetables, honey,
preserves and other products7-Macon
(Ga) Telegraph.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Watch that the Larvae of insects do not
escape you to propagate next season.
Remember that the selection of seed
is a important factor in next years
crop.
Rotten corn cobs are said to be a valu-
able fertilizer IN any soil that is deficient
in potash, and their value
is much enhanced by being rotted with
other manure.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Household Hints.

odor of onions from the breath.
Boiling in strong soapsuds will clean
up an old lamp-burner and make it as
good as new.
Oil-cloths a be bright ene1, after
washing, by rubbing hard with a flannel
moistened with kerosene.
Windows should Lc washed with
warm water, using soap only where ne
cessary, then dried with linen and pol
ishcd with chamois.
If mustard be mixed with the white
of an egg, instead of water, a plaster
may be made which will draw thorough
ly without blistering the most delicate
skin.
Any gold jewclry that an immersion
in water will not injure can be beauti-
fully cleaned by shaking it we'll in a
bottle nearly half full of warm soapsuds,
to which a little prepared chalk has been
added, and after rinsing in clear,
cold water and wiping it dry.
The best way, when hot grease has
been spilled on q floor. is to dash hot
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
XIII tho Weeds.

In too many neighborhoods farmers
have prepared a bountiful crop of weeds
for next years seeding. Along the roads,
in old strawberry patches and potato
fields, in the waste places, back of the
houses, there are millions of weed seeds
ripcning at leisure. Weeds are a curse.
We arc tired of the charity which spoke
OF them as ''plants whose virtues have
not been discovered" They arc the
worst of all enemies of legitimate plant
life, for they add robbery. to murder. If
farmers would only combine against
these tramp woods, which crowd into
roadsldcs and other waste places, thus
escaping the cultivation which is be-
slowed upon the profitable parts of the
farm, with the determination with which
they combined against olcomargarine,
they could make solid progress. The
fact that the weeds grow and flourish
upon land that could not be proftably
employed in agriculture leads many farm
ers to consider them c comparatively harm
less. This is a fatal mistake. SO long as
a single weed ripens its seed within twen-
ty rods of a cultivated field, that field is
in danger. And even after every growing
weed has been extcrminatcd there is dan
ger. 1t has been shown that weed seeds
can lie dormant in tho soil for six years.
70 gcrminate at last when least expected.
The interest awakened in tree planting
10y the general observance of Arbor Day
has done much to counteract the careless
spirit which prompts tho destruction of
forests. Shall we not DO forced in the
near future to appoint "Weed Daysa"
The ideai is a sensible one. BY devoting
one day to the business of cutting and
burning tho weeds that grow in roads and
waste places farmers could save them
selves an immense amount of work and
trouble. Let Oranges and Farmers Clubs
take hold of the matter and make ''Weed
Day" an ! established fact.-Cb: Gland
Leader.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
FABM AND
How Often to Grow Glover,

CADm AMI YAK DEN
How Often to Grow Clover,
Glover cannot be grown forever. It is
an exhaustive crop, taking from the soil
in a crop of two tons to the acre 1870
pounds of nitrogen. II pounds of phos-
phoric acid, and II pounds of potash,
with a large quantity of lime: 1t is sup.
posed, and is commonly taught, that the
clover is not hard upon the soil, and'gets
its nutriment from some obscure source,
or, in point of fact, from anywhere but
the soil. This, however, is Il great mis-
take, as the above figures show, aud rs
farmers who try to grow clover often
find to their sorrow and disappointment.
For the land is '~'clovcr SICK as it is
termed, just as it becomes wheat sick,
or corn sick, or potato sick, that is, it is
too weak and exhausted to mature a
crop. The clover starts we'll and the
small plants look promising, but in two
weeks one is astonished to find the clover
has disappeared. Il has died of starva-
ton and for want of food. The only
safe way is to get q good crop of clover
and pillow in a good stubble, then limo
the land and grow two OR three other
crops before returning to clover. Forty
bushels of lime per acre will be of great
help in growing clovcr.-Mew York
Times.
How to Sell.
1t is estimated that about half of those
who sell farm products get an average of
10 per cent. less for their goods than
they otherwise would owing to inatten-
ton in selling. The National Stockman,
discussing this subject, says a great
many people sell their grain and their
live stock and their hay aud their wool
for a little less than they could if tho
matter of selling were more thoroughly
studied; but the greater losses come in
the handling of what are usually con-
sidered the lesser farm products. The
tlm of selling is a most important con-
alteration, and in the products enumerat-
ed Is perhaps as great as any other; but
" putting VI, eLip-
ping and placing in the hands of
the consumer is of no less con-
sequence, while in the lesser products
these may be said to be almost every
thing. In butter and eggs and poultry
and fruit and vegetables, nearly all of
which must be sold when ready, a proper
observance of all these things means a
difference of from third to one half
In the prices obtained. Hero arc some
questions which the farmer should an-
swer: 1. In what form will my product
best please the consumer Q. How can
l get it to him in the freshest and best
condition. 8. How can I les sen the cx-
pensc of transportation between us7 4.
How can I most directly reach him with
out the intervention of too many others
to share my profts7 s. How can I best
become known myself as a prompt and
careful shipper of a choice article of my
W productionf 6. What docs nv
market most need that I can furnish it.
and where can I find the best market for
all I have to scll2
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Maiden Assur.nco society.

There is q society supported in Dem
mark which is wholly unique of its
kind, different from all associations
founded in other countries. II is known
as the Maiden Assurance Society. Its
purpose is to provide for class which in
other countries is largely thrown upon it's
OWL resources, when not provide
against want by the inheritance of prop
eIty-single women of well-to-do fam.
lilies. 1t shelters and cures for them re-
lieving oil their pressing necessities, and
providing each with q small allowance
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11

death. The plan has worked we'll for
generations in Copenhagen.
Fashion Notes.
Bonnet strings are from two to three
inches wide.
Beaded velvet bonnc:s arc worn with
dressy frocks.
Breasts of birls form the entire sides
OF some fancy capotes.
Applique GALLONS trim many handsome
cloth and wool dresses.
Very small pokcs are worn by young
women, married or single.
Two sets of strings arc seen again on
bonnets, one wide, the other narrow.
The fashion for trimming crown cloth
dresses with black braid is still in favor.
Plain velvet hats and bonncts arc con-
sidcred correct wear with dressy tailor
suits.
All sorts OF novel bows arc used to
form the high bonnet trimmings of this
season.
Gold, silver or bronze is seen in COM
bination with dark rcd and navy blue in
galloons.
Young girls wear mantlcs rs we'll as
jackets, shaped very much like those of
young ladies over eighteen.
Three rows of broad stitching are on
the back and four large buttons fasten
the wrists of the newest gloves.
Circular cloaks are revived in London.
They arc made of materials of neutral
tints lined with some bright color.
The frocks of girls Of thirteen and up
ward are simply modified duplicates
of the dresses of their older sisters.
Black wooden beads, scguins, and
other pendants adnrn galloons and
cdging braids used on mourning dress
eS.
Embroidery is in great favor and is
seen upon mantles and r%edingotcs as we'll
as upon p~lastrons, vests, sleeves and
belts.
Cloth dresses are trimmed with narrow
silk braid, forming vertical stripes upon
tablier, bodice and sleeves, terminating
in loops.
Condor yellow, mermaid's pink, and
glycine OF liquorice purple are the
three latest colors on the palette of
fashion.
Fur is to occupy q leading place as an
accessory to home and street costumes,
and will be largely employed upon man
ties and redingotes.
A novel arrangement in the bodiccs of
polonaises are surplice folds on the left
side, crossed by a full jabot on the right
side, which terminates in a bow on the
left hip, keeping tho front d~rapcry in
place.
The Princess Of Wales fancy for blue
and white has given rise to the present
fashion for trimming blue cloth dresses
with the Austrian military cloth, White
cloth vests and cuffs will be worn with
these dresses throughout the winter.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1887-01-11
Its methods ara

for spending money. Its methods ara
thus described:
AS soon as a girl child is born to him
the father enrolls her name in a certain
association and pays a certain sum, and
thereafter n fixed sum to the society
When she has reached tho age of-wc
believe 81, ard is not married, she be-
comes entitled to a fixed income and to
Il suite Of apartments in IL large building
of the association, with gardens and
park about it, inhabi ed by other young
or older ladies who have thus become
members.
If her father dies in her youth, and she
desires it. she has shelter in this build
ING, and at a fixed time her own income.
When she dies or marrics, all this right
to income lapscs, and the money paid in
swclls tho endowment Of the association.
Her father may pay for twenty years,
and then her marriage cuts of all advan-
tagc of the insurance. But this very
change must enable the company to
charge lower annual premiums, and make
tho burden less Of the father insulinr.
He has, any way, the pleasant feeling
that his small annual payments arc in
surfing his daughters future, and giving
her II comfortable home and income alter
he has gone.
1t is obvious that the chances for mar
rage among agivcn number of women
can be calculated as closely as those of
death. The plan has worked we'll for
generations in Copenhagen.